I am a professor and chair of the physics department at Cal State San Marcos, located in North County San Diego.

I teach classes and conduct physics education research.

My research interests include curriculum development and the impact of technology on the classroom environment. This work includes studying how tools mediate group interactions, students’ use of representations, and student learning.

Current position

Associate Professor and Physics Department Chair at California State University, San Marcos

Previous positions

Postdoc with Fred Goldberg's group at San Diego State University
Assistant Director, Center for Teaching Development, UC San Diego
Faculty Fellow in Physics, UC San Diego

Education

Ph.D., Department of Physics
University of California, San Diego
October, 2001

M.S., Department of Physics
University of California, San Diego
December, 1998

B.S. with Honors in physics
Brown University
May, 1995

Research and projects:

The impact and implementation of educational innovations

I am interested in the impact of technology on the classroom environment. This work includes studying how tools mediate group interactions, students’ use of representations, and student learning. Some tools and issues I've explored include:

Writing and peer-evaluation using the web-based Calibrated Peer Review system.
Spontaneity and Interactivity in the classroom with Ubiquitous Presenter
Using Tablet PCs as Digital Whiteboards
Using Tablet PCs as Digital Lab Notebooks
Wii Remote Based Digital Surface for small group collaboration

Curriculum Development

As part of a collaboration, I helped develop and evaluate the Next Generation Physics and Everyday Thinking (NextGenPET) curriculum. NextGenPET is designed for physics or physical science courses for prospective elementary or middle school teachers, general education science courses, science methods courses, or workshops for practicing teachers. NextGenPET is adapted from several earlier curricula (Physics and Everyday Thinking, Physical Science and Everyday Thinking, Elementary Science and Everyday Thinking, and Learning Physical Science) so it would be better aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards.

Student attitudes and beliefs about the nature of science and learning

Other projects:

Courses I teach/have taught

GES 100: Physical Science around Us

This is a general education, physical science course focused on the conceptual ideas of conservation of energy, Newton's second law, and the small particle theory of matter.

Physics 202: Electricity and magnetism

This is the second semester of our intro physics sequence for physical science and math students. Topics include electrostatics, magnetostatics, electromagnetism, circuits, optics, and special relativity.

Physics 203: Modern Physics

This is the third semester of our intro physics sequence for physical science and math students. Topics include thermodynamics, special relativity, and quantum physics.

Physics 321: Classical Electromagnetism

This upper division course covers the basics of time independent electric and magnetic fields

Physics 323: Quantum Physics

This upper division course covers the basics of quantum mechanics and applications to atoms, molecules, and solids.

Physics 351: How things work

This upper division GE is focused on understanding everyday objects and phenomena in terms of physical principles.

Textbooks/Curricula

Select refereed (peer reviewed) publications

“Arrows as anchors: An analysis of the material features of electric field vector arrows,” Elizabeth Gire and Edward Price. Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research 10, 020112 (2014)online

All refereed (peer reviewed) publications, including those listed above

“Arrows as anchors: An analysis of the material features of electric field vector arrows,” Elizabeth Gire and Edward Price. Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research 10, 020112 (2014)online

"Effectively Using Technology: The Interplay Between Technology, Practices, and Pedagogy"; Edward Price*. Invited talk, American Association of Physics Teachers, National Meeting. Portland, OR. July 2010.

"Graduate Students Leading the Way: PER training in a traditional university department"; Barbara Jones*, Edward Price, Noah Finkelstein. Invited Talk, American Association of Physics Teachers, National Meeting. Miami Beach, FL. January 2004.

"Teacher recruiting at a community college: A cross-campus LA program" Edward Price*, Brian Lawler, and Debbie De Roma. Poster at PhysTEC conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2013.

“Building Institutional Connections with a Learning Assistants Program” Edward Price* and Charles De Leone. Talk at American Association of Physics Teachers, National Meeting. New Orleans, LA. January 2013.

“The Role of Learning Assistants in Sustaining Course Innovations” Charles J. De Leone* and Edward Price. Talk at American Association of Physics Teachers, National Meeting. New Orleans, LA. January 2013.

"Using technology to transform PSET into a large enrollment course." Edward Price*. American Association of Physics Teachers, National Meeting. Jacksonville, FL. January 2011.

"Learning Physical Science: An active-learning physical-science curriculum for large enrollments" Edward Price*. American Association of Physics Teachers, National Meeting. Jacksonville, FL. January 2011.

“Wii Remote-based, inexpensive ‘digital’ whiteboards for capturing student work” Edward Price* and Dustin Dorroh. Talk at national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Ann Arbor, MI. August 2009.

“Tablet PCs as digital lab notebooks” Clarisa Bercovich Guelman*, Charles De Leone, and Edward Price. Talk at national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Ann Arbor, MI. August 2009.

“Lessons from the Adaptation and Implementation of a Non-Traditional Introductory Physics Course” Charles De Leone, Catherine Ishikawa, and Edward Price*. Poster at Physics Education Research Conference, Edmonton, Alberta. July 2008,

“The Impact of Digital Whiteboards in an Active Learning Introductory Physics Class” Edward Price*, Charles De Leone, Robin Marion, and John Saunders. Talk at national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Edmonton, Alberta. July 2008.

“Tablet PCs as Digital Whiteboards in a Discussion-based Introductory Physics Class” Charles De Leone* and Edward Price. Talk at national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Edmonton, Alberta. July 2008.

“Physics Majors' Modes of Thinking During Problem Solving” Elizabeth Gire*, Edward Price, and Barbara Jones. Talk at national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Greensboro, NC. August 2007.

“Preparing Graduate Students to be Educators” Edward Price* and Noah Finkelstein. Talk at American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, CO. March 2007.

“Active Learning with Ubiquitous Presenter and Tablet PCs” Edward Price* and Beth Simon. Poster at national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Seattle, WA. January 2007.

“The Epistemological Development of Physics Majors” Elizabeth Gire*, Edward Price, & Barbara Jones. Poster at national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Seattle, WA. January 2007.

“Ubiquitous Presenter: Spontaneity and Interactivity in a Digital Lecturing Environment” Edward Price* and Beth Simon. Talk at national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Syracuse, NY. August 2006.

“Ubiquitous Presenter: Clickers on Steroids” Beth Simon and Edward Price*. Poster at national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Syracuse, NY. August 2006.

“Between the Endpoints: Physics Majors' Development from Novice to Expert” Elizabeth Gire*, Edward Price, and Barbara Jones. Talk at national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Syracuse, NY. August 2006.

“Institutional and Instructor Factors Affecting Implementation of Class Response Systems” Edward Price*. Talk at national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Albuquerque, NM. January 2005.

“Building A Culture Of Education Into Physics: Training Physics Graduate Students And Post-Docs In Education” Noah Finkelstein* and Edward Price, American Association of Physics Teachers, 125th National Meeting, Boise, ID. August 2002.